Hi Don, Very sorry for the trauma. Glad that she is stable and recovering.
Thank you for planning the AOO track for ApacheConEU. I enjoyed our discussions with Andrew and others at the last ApacheCon NA. I'm sure that there will be many more people from the project then the three of us. BTW - I am planning to attend ApacheCon NA February in Portland. If I get work clearance I'll be submitting a presentation proposal (its documents but not AOO.) Regards, Dave On Sep 6, 2012, at 1:28 PM, Donald Harbison wrote: > I feel it necessary to explain why I have been absent from discussions here > and on ooo-private recently. > > My wife was stricken with a serious medical emergency Wednesday, August > 29th. She is recovering after surgery, and is in an intensive care unit > here in one of the top hospitals in Boston. Needless to say, my attention > is not on Apache OpenOffice as much as I love this project and community. > The past week has been personally very stressful and exhausting. Next week > looks a whole lot better as her condition has improved dramatically and she > is now on the path to recovery. > > Graduation is a very important goal, I will be doing what I can to help > with this. I've also been actively leading the OpenOffice track development > for ApacheCon EU. Oliver-Rainer Wittmann has stepped in to take over this > effort over the past week. Thank you Oliver. > > Thanks for your understanding. The medical team is optimistic that my wife > will have a full recovery, but it will be a lengthy process. In the > meantime, I do plan to crank up my work engine as her care and situation > have now become much more stabilized.
